Thank you. It almost makes the shot for me. The little guy is cute too haha.

Edit: koven that's dope as fuck!

Thanks man, the pic got over 200 reblogs on tumblr and 1000 views on flickr in less than 24 hours lol. The most I ever got was like 10 reblongs on tumblr before haha. I love your pic too and Lax's. Nice tones.

super tight shot man. can you give camera/lighting info? it looks like one point at 45 degress pointed down at camera right, but i cant tell if you used a softbox or shot through an umbrella? im leaning towards softbox...

super tight shot man. can you give camera/lighting info? it looks like one point at 45 degress pointed down at camera right, but i cant tell if you used a softbox or shot through an umbrella? im leaning towards softbox...

I used a soft box way high up down at a sharp angle without the diffusion panel since it was lower power. Then used a shoot through umbrella right next to it for extra fill and enough light to get a high enough shutter speed to freeze the motion.

It really depends on what you plan to do, umbrellas are super versatile and great to use for most general applications. I find though if you need more control over your light, such as I did in these shots using a softbox + a grid is awesome.

I used a Canon 60D with the Sigma 30 1.4 and a Yonguo YN-560 flash with Yongnuo flash trigs.